BUILT 1906-1907

BY

FRANK WILBUR BACON

A-3

...MOVED TO E-1

FRANK WILBUR BACON

(SEE C-8)

THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN PREPARATION FOR THE MARRIAGE OF FRANK WILBUR BACON TO GRACE SMART. IT WAS BUILT ON THE LOT DIRECTLY EAST OF THE FRANKLIN ROSA BACON HOME. (SEE A-2) THERE WAS A DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THESE TWO HOUSES GOING TO THE NORTH WHERE THE SHEDS AND BARN WERE LOCATED.(R1)

IT WAS A FRAME HOUSE WITH ONE BEDROOM ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND TWO BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS.(R1)

WHEN THEIR FIRST CHILD, JANICE HORTENSE BACON, WAS BORN WILBUR WAS CALLED TO GO ON A MISSION TO THE WESTERN STATES, USA. HE LEFT ON THE 10 NOV 1908 WHEN JANICE WAS EIGHT MONTHS OLD.(R1)

GRACE MOVED IN WITH FRANKLIN ROSA AND SARAH ELLEN HESS BACON. WILBUR'S PARENTS(A-2).(R1)

TO HELP KEEP FRANK WILBER ON HIS MISSION GRACE WAS A MEMBER OF A DANCE BAND. HE RETURNED FROM HIS MISSION 29 DEC 1909.(R1)

FRANK WILBER GAVE HIS WIFE A LAPEL WATCH WHEN HE RETURNED FROM HIS MISSION. SOMEONE BROKE INTO THEIR HOME AND STOLE IT AMONG OTHER THINGS.(R1)

AFTER HIS MISSION IN 1909 FRANK WILBUR WORKED FOR MARION CLARK IN HIS STORE PART TIME AND IN 1911 HE WORKED FOR HIM FULL TIME.(R1)

THE HOME WAS SOLD TO BILL MCCAMMON AND BILL MOVED IT TO E-1.